Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1426
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1427
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1428
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1429
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1430
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1431
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1432
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1433
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1434
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1435
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1436
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1437
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1438
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1439
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1440
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1441
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1442
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1443
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1444
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1445
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1446
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1447
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1448
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1449
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1450
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min